The nicest thing that can be said about the reimagined horror film "Child's Play, " it that is just 88 minutes long. Any longer and it could be designated a method of torture.
Though somber in tone, the Marvel Comics-based sci-fi adventure "Dark Phoenix" has a fundamentally moral outlook and features a more relationship-driven story than many similar films.
Though the magical tale of Aladdin is centuries old, it's probably best known to contemporary audiences through two relatively recent products of pop culture: the 1992 animated film with Robin Williams and the Broadway musical derived from it, which continues a run that began in 2014.
Moviegoers turning to the senior-themed comedy "Poms" in the hope of being treated to the kind of zingy dialogue and amusing antics that made the NBC sitcom “The Golden Girls” so popular will come away sadly disappointed. Though the filmmakers' good intentions are evident, the outcome is feeble.
Devotees of the global media juggernaut that takes its name from the Japanese for pocket monsters will no doubt welcome "Pokemon Detective Pikachu" (Warner Bros.), the first live-action feature in the franchise that began with video games in the 1990s. As for those not yet initiated into the mysteries of the Pokemon universe, however, they may feel both left behind and unimpressed.
By turns lyrical and moving, "Tolkien" is a sophisticated profile of the future novelist's youth that succeeds on a number of levels. This may not be the biography that every fan of Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien is looking for, and it may not even fully accomplish what its makers set out to achieve. But, if nothing else, it does tell the story of the young Tolkien and his times.